Phishing Recently, several sophisticated phishing attacks mimicking popular online services such as Office 365 have surfaced. In a recent publication by Cofense, threat actors were found to be luring employees to accept new Terms of Use and Privacy Policies to steal Office 365 login credentials. The malicious actors went to great efforts to spoof the […]
Welcome to Canvas and Learning Technologies at Stirling
The Canvas and Learning Technologies module for students enables you to orientate yourself with Canvas and to learn how to use some of the many features and tools Canvas has to offer. The module covers: Getting Started with Canvas Learning Content Module Information Listen Again University Resources Group Work and Sign-Ups Assessments and Grades Canvas […]
Introduction to Stirling Essentials
Stirling Essentials provides a summary of the key information you need to be a successful student and it links into more in-depth help and advice, as and when you need it. Take some time to familiarise yourself with this module and work through its sections. The module will remain available to you throughout your studies, through […]
Scan to OneDrive is coming
We will soon be implementing a new feature on all University printers (also called Multi-Functional Devices or ‘MFDs’) which will allow you to scan documents and upload them directly to your OneDrive storage in the Office 365 cloud. The documents will be easily accessible from a folder in OneDrive which can be viewed online or automatically […]
Autumn module help.
Do you want to get started developing your module in Canvas? Maybe you completed the SOLT module in June but haven’t quite been able to take the first steps to re-designing your module? Maybe you can’t quite remember what you want to do? Or maybe you just want to get together with other colleagues who […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in July #StirTopTenTheses
During July 1,403 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 18,470 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 1,392 2. Dimensions of service quality and service climate: […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in July #StirTopTenPapers
During July there were 46,833 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 5,650 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Decomposing the misery index: A dynamic approach. By Cohen, Ivan K; Ferretti, Fabrizio; McIntosh, Bryan http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28324 Downloads: 352 2. Improved Binary Similarity Measures for Software Modularization. By Naseem, Rashid; Deris, Mustafa Bin Mat; Maqbool, Onaiza; […]
Sage Research Methods
Supporting research at all levels Sage Research Methods brings you online books, chapters, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. Embed content in your module, see Case Studies of real research projects and find datasets for use in teaching and learning. A ‘Methods Map’ helps to navigate the various research methods find the best techniques. Access Sage […]
Web of Science How to webinars: Literature Reviews and more
Web of Science are offering these useful free webinars later in July and August: JULY 29 AT 10:00 AM BST | AUGUST 4 AT 2:00 PM EDT Your essential guide to literature reviews Whether you’re starting a review article or your dissertation, embarking on a literature review can feel daunting. Not sure where to start? […]
Introducing Safe Links
protecting you from malicious links in email In summary Safe Links is a Microsoft security feature that checks every link you click in an email for malicious content and blocks access if content is suspicious It changes the URL of the link briefly to direct it through the checking servers. Links are prefixed with https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ […]